The press release finally hit the wire today announcing the EPTS. The goal is simple: promote awareness about event processing technologies. Immediate reaction has ensued, both negative and positive. To me, having been involved in many of these discussions, I think any step forward is a good step.
This has taken about 2 years to formally announce this group. And, although the spirit of this has been to work as a community, and not single anyone out, there's no doubt that without a determined leader in the group nothing would have happened - from my point of view that's Opher Etzion - so I'm going to simplys link to Opher's blog, and his perspective, on this release as the best source for perspective. I remember meeting Opher in New York at IBM for the first time about 3 years ago and discussing a vague vision of vendors, analysts, and academics all coming together to help resolve disputes and push a common understanding.
Here's hoping that the EPTS continues to advance this very important field.
Thanks, Opher.
